"Camera Along the Brahmaputra – Celebrating 80 Years of Assamese Cinema" A festival of award-winning films from Assam at C. D. Deshmukh Auditorium, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), Lodhi Estate > 13th, 14th, 16th, 17th & 18th April 2015

Time : 
13th, 14th, 16th, 17th April : 6:30 pm 
18th April : 11:00 am - 8:00 pm

Entry : by Free Invitation Cards (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis), Invitation cards available at : 
Srimanta Sankaradeva Bhawan, A-14 B, Satsang Vihar Marg, Qutab Institutional Area, Near Ber Sarai, New Delhi. 
Before the show at the entry gate of IIC auditorium.        
Note : Call 011-24619431 (IIC) to re-confirm any last minute change or cancellation of the event.

Venue : C. D. Deshmukh Auditorium, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003
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Event Description : Assam Association, Delhi In collaboration with India International Centre Film Club presents "Camera Along the Brahmaputra – Celebrating 80 Years of Assamese Cinema" A festival of award-winning films from Assam.
Assamese cinema was born eight decades ago with Rupkonwar Jyotiprasad Agarwalla’s Joymoti in 1935 and has been enriched through the works of stalwarts like Bishnu Prasad Rabha, Phani Sarma, Jahnu Barua, Dr. Bhabendra Nath Saikia, Nip barua, Padum Barua, Dr. Bhupen Hazarika, Abdul Majid, Brojen Barua, Gautam Borah, Pulak Gogoi, Munin Barua, Siba Prasad Thakur and many more through the years. The festival presents a window to Assamese cinema with a screening of two classics and six contemporary films as per the schedule overleaf. We cordially invite you to participate in the celebration.

Curator: Utpal Borpujari, award-winning film critic and filmmaker

Schedule : 
Monday 13
18:30
Chameli Memsaab 
(144 min; 1975; dvd; English subtitles)
Direction & Script: Abdul Majid
Recipient of the Award for Best Music Director and Best Regional Film in Assamese, National Film Awards, 1976

Tuesday 14 
18:30
Ko: Yad (A Silent Way) 
(90 min; 2012; dvd; English subtitles)
Director: Manju Borah
Recipient of the Rajat Kamal Award for Best Feature Film in Mising Language; and Best Cinematography, National Film Awards 2012 

Thursday 16 
18:30
Aparoopa 
(124 min; 1982; dvd; English subtitles)
A film by Jahnu barua
Recipient of the Award for Best Regional Film in Assamese, National Film Awards, 1983

Friday 17 
18:30
Aideu – Behind the Screen 
(91 min; 2007; dvd; English subtitles)
Director: Arup Manna
Recipient of the Award for Best Assamese Film, National Film Awards, 2007

Saturday 18 
11:00
Dwaar – The Voyage Out 
(100 min; 2013; dvd; English subtitles)
Director: Bidyut Chakravarty
Recipient of the Awards for Best Director, Best Music and Best Audiography, Assam State Film Awards 2010-2012; Awards for Best Director, Best Actor (Male), Best Music, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Sound Design, Prag Cine Awards, Assam; and Filmfare Awards (Assamese category) 2013 for Best Film, Best Actor (Male), and Best Actor (Female)
14.00
Othello: We Too Have Our Othellos
(100 min; 2014; dvd; English subtitles)
Director: Hemanta Kumar Das
Festivals & Awards: Indian Panorama, 45th International Film Festival of India (Goa), 2014; Jagran Film Festival, 2014.
16.00
Raag – The Rhythm of Love
(120 min; 2014; dvd; English subtitles)
Direction & Script: Rajni Basumatary
Recipient of the Awards for Best Actor, Best Art Direction and Best Make-up, Prag Cine Awards 2014
18.30
Ekhon Nedekha Nodir Xhipare (…as the River Flows)
(90 min; 2012; dvd; English subtitles)
Direction & Script: Bidyut Kotoky

Recipient of the Awards for Best Script and Best Actor, North Carolina South Asian Film Festival 2014; Audience Choice Award and Best Script, Assam State Film Awards 2010-2012

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